Wildlife Management at Bemidji State University

If you are interested in studying wildlife management, you may want to check out the program at Bemidji State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bemidji State University is located in Bemidji, Minnesota and has a total student population of 4,577. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Bemidji State University.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Wildlife Management section at the bottom of this page.

Bemidji State University Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Bemidji State University Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at Bemidji State University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The wildlife major at Bemidji State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Wildlife Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools	36

How Much Do Wildlife Graduates from Bemidji State University Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bemidji State University is $29,521. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $26,124 for all wildlife bachelor's degree recipients.

Wildlife Student Demographics at Bemidji State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the wildlife majors at Bemidji State University.

Bemidji State University Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 wildlife students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bemidji State University, about 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Bemidji State University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bemidji State University with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bemidji State University also has a doctoral program available in wildlife. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Wildlife Grads May Go Into

A degree in wildlife can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Bemidji State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	700	$61,220
Conservation Scientists	390	$72,650

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By GEO Tagging BSU under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.